2022 UK Music Video Awards

2022 UK Music Video Awards
Date	27 October 2022
Location	Magazine London, London
Hosted by	Spencer Jones
Most awards	Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator (4)
Most nominations	FKA twigs (8)
Website	www.ukmva.com
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The 2022 UK Music Video Awards were held on 27 October 2022, at Magazine London in London and hosted by Spencer Jones, to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. ^[1] This marks the first change in venue for the awards since the 2015 edition, from 2015 to 2021, the awards ceremony was held at the Roundhouse in London, with the exception of the virtual ceremony in 2020.

The nominations were announced on 28 September 2022, FKA twigs received the most nominations with eight, followed by The Weeknd, Obongjayar, Little Simz and black midi with six each. ^[2] "Cash In Cash Out" by Pharrell Williams featuring 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator received the most awards with four wins, including Video of the Year. ^[3]

Video of the Year

Video of the Year
"Cash In Cash Out" – Pharrell Williams featuring 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator (Director: François Rousselet)

Video Genre Categories

Best Pop Video - UK	Best Pop Video - International
Harry Styles – "As It Was" (Director: Tanu Muino) George Ezra – "Green Green Grass" Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware – "Kiss of Life" Adele – "Oh My God" The 1975 – "Part of the Band" Arlo Parks – "Softly"	Rosalía – "SAOKO" (Director: Valentin Petit) Lizzo – "About Damn Time" Stromae – "Fils de joie" Desirée Dawson – "Meet You at the Light" Tove Lo – "No One Dies from Love" Lil Nas X – "Thats What I Want"
Best R&B/Soul Video - UK	Best R&B/Soul Video - International
Michael Kiwanuka – "Beautiful Life" (Director: Phillip Youmans) Joy Crookes – "19th Floor" FKA twigs – "jealousy" Greentea Peng – "Look to Him" Labrinth – "Mount Everest" FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd – "Tears in the Club"	Omar Apollo featuring Daniel Caesar – "Invincible" (Director: STILLZ) IDK – "Breathe" Lucky Daye featuring Lil Durk – "N.W.A." The Weeknd – "Out of Time" Steve Lacy – "Sunshine" Umi – "Wish That I Could"
Best Dance/Electronic Video - UK	Best Dance/Electronic Video - International
Tourist – "Your Love" (Director: Duncan Loudon) Gorillaz featuring Thundercat – "Cracker Island" Chase & Status – "Mixed Emotions" Franc Moody – "Raining in LA" Orbital – "Smiley" Lewis Thompson featuring David Guetta – "Take Me Back"	Arca – "Prada/Rakata" (Directors: Frederik Heyman & Arca) Meduza, James Carter featuring Elley Duhé & Fast Boy – "Bad Memories" Kavinsky – "Cameo" DJ Snake – "Disco Maghreb" Flume featuring May-a – "Say Nothing" Ásgeir – "Snowblind"
Best Rock Video - UK	Best Rock Video - International
Sam Fender – "Spit of You" (Director: Philip Barantini) Foals – "2AM" Muse – "Compliance" Idles – "Crawl!" Sam Fender – "Getting Started (Director's Cut)" Florence + the Machine – "King"	Pretty Sick – "Human Condition" (Director: Frank Lebon) The Lumineers – "Brightside" Ezra Furman – "Forever in Sunset" Imagine Dragons – "Sharks" Måneskin – "Supermodel" The Black Keys – "Wild Child"
Best Alternative Video - UK	Best Alternative Video - International
Radiohead – "If You Say the Word" (Director: Kasper Häggström) Yard Act – "100% Endurance" Bakar – "Build Me a Way" black midi – "Eat Men Eat" Alt-J – "Hard Drive Gold" black midi – "Sugar/Tzu"	Jean-Michel Blais – "Passepied" (Director: Adrian Villagomez) MorMor – "Far Apart" Joji – "Glimpse of Us" Stephan Moccio – "Halston" GENER8ION x 070 Shake x Surkin – "Neo Surf" ZNTNDR – "Untitled Us"
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK	Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - International
Little Simz featuring Obongjayar – "Point and Kill" (Director: Ebeneza Blanche) Jeshi – "3210" Jeshi – "Generation" Loyle Carner – "Hate" Big Zuu featuring Jme & Novelist – "Offline" Dave – "Verdansk"	Pharrell featuring 21 Savage & Tyler the Creator – "Cash in Cash Out" (Director: François Rousselet) Screw – "22" Doechii – "Crazy" Sopico – "Slide" Kendrick Lamar – "The Heart Part 5" Residente featuring Ibeyi – "This is Not America"
Best Pop Video - Newcomer	Best R&B/Soul Video - Newcomer
Cavetown x beabadoobee – "Fall in Love with a Girl" (Director: Chris Fowles) Flowerovlove – "I Love This Song" Taura Lamb – "Love Song" Empress Of – "Save Me" Mads Langer – "Ukendt land" Sad Night Dynamite – "What Does That Make Me"	Khazali – "Better with the Devil" (Director: Freddie Wright) Lava La Rue – "High Fidelity" Sipho – "I Don't Get It" Nightmares On Wax – "Isolated" Ivy Sole – "Talk That Talk" Murkage Dave – "Us Lot"
Best Dance/Electronic Video - Newcomer	Best Rock Video - Newcomer
Ross from Friends – "The Daisy" (Director: Rudá Santos) Cheap Electric Pink Wool – "01G" Confidence Man – "Feels Like a Different Thing" Duvall featuring Sam Gray – "Good Feeling" David Lindmer featuring Johanson – "Omen" Adibanti – "One Door Closes"	La Jungle – "Du Sang du Singe" (Director: Alex Orma) Didirri – "Begin Again" Wu-Lu – "Blame" Cafuné – "Tek It" Wet Leg – "Ur Mum" Wet Leg – "Wet Dream"
Best Alternative Video - Newcomer	Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - Newcomer
Nick Leng – "Morning / Midnight" (Director: Josh Sondock) Baby Dave – "Clarence's Dead Dad" Arssalendo – "Quattro Pareti" ALASKALASKA – "Still Life" Nother – "Us" Marina Satti – "Yiati Pouli M'"	Wu-Ku – "Ten" (Directors: Ethan & Tom) Bxks featuring Oscar Worldpeace – "321" Fly Anakin – "Class Clown" Flohio – "Cuddy Buddy" Rodney Chrome – "To the Money" AntsLive – "Tweakin"

Technical and Craft Categories

Best Performance in a Video	Best Production Design in a Video
Loyle Carner – "Hate" (Performer: Loyle Carner) Yard Act – "100% Endurance" Belief – "Dreams" Arssalendo – "Quattro Pareti" Lil Nas X – "That's What I Want" Kendrick Lamar – "The Heart Part 5"	Thom Draft – "Breathtaking" (Production Designer: Sandra Sasportas) Hikaru Utada – "Bad Mode" Angèle – "Bruxelles je t'aime" Tove Lo – "No One Dies from Love" Adele – "Oh My God" Arlo Parks – "Softly"
Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video	Best Hair & Make-up in a Video
Little Simz featuring Obongjayar – "Point and Kill" (Stylist: Temitope Uduak Betiku) Stromae – "Fils de joie" Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware – "Kiss of Life" Sin Bandera – "Nadie" Sampa the Great – "Never Forget" FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd – "Tears in the Club"	Gloria Groove – "A Queda" (Make-up artists: Gloria Groove, Victor Nogueira, Alma Negrot; Hair stylists: Kelly Karamello, Alma Negrot, Stefany Silva) Priyanka featuring Lemon – "Come Through" Sin Bandera – "Nadie" Sudan Archives – "NBPQ (Topless)" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar – "Point and Kill" FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd – "Tears in the Club"
Best Choreography in a Video	Best Cinematography in a Video
Doechii – "Crazy" (Choreographer: Tyrik Patterson) Florence + the Machine – "Heaven is Here" FKA twigs – "Ride the Dragon" FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd – "Tears in the Club" Jean-Michel Blais – "Passepied" Alt-J – "The Actor"	black midi – "Sugar/Tzu" (Director of Photography: Jake Scott) Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film Doechii – "Crazy" Sin Bandera – "Nadie" Little Simz featuring Obongjayar – "Point and Kill"
Best Colour Grading in a Video	Best Editing in a Video
Little Simz featuring Obongjayar – "Point and Kill" (Colourist: Jason Wallis) Ethan P Flynn – "Distraught" Sam Fender – "Get You Down" Greentea Peng – "Look to Him" M83 – "My Tears Are Becoming a Sea" Ásgeir – "Snowblind"	Joji – "Glimpse of Us" (Editor: Dan Streit) black midi – "Eat Men Eat" Bourne – "Ere We Go" black midi – "Sugar/Tzu" FKA twigs featuring The Weeknd – "Tears in the Club" Chase & Status – "Mixed Emotions"
Best Visual Effects in a Video	Best Animation in a Video
Pharrell featuring 21 Savage & Tyler the Creator – "Cash in Cash Out" (VFX Supervisors: Greg McKneally, Iain Murray, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Tobin Brett, James Sindle, Fabrice Fiteni, Andras Ormos) Ed Sheeran featuring Lil Baby – "2step" Kendrick Lamar – "The Heart Part 5" Gorillaz featuring Thundercat – "Cracker Island" Arca – "Prada/Rakata" Orelsan featuring Skread – "Ensemble"	Pharrell featuring 21 Savage & Tyler the Creator – "Cash in Cash Out" (VFX Supervisors: Greg McKneally, Iain Murray, Alex Snookes, David Filipe, Tobin Brett, James Sindle; Lead Animators: Fabrice Fiteni, Andras Ormos) Mac Miller – "Colors and Shapes" Idles – "Crawl!" Odesza – "Light of Day" Orelsan – "The Quest" black midi – "Welcome to Hell"

Special Video Categories

Best Live Video	Best Special Video Project
Obongjayar – "I Wish It Was Me" (Director: Hector Aponysus) Aurora – "A Touch of the Divine" Dijon – "Annie" Fontaines D.C. – "Jackie Down the Line (The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)" Stromae – "Santé" Koffee – "Where I'm From (Vevo LIFT Live Session)"	Sad Night Dynamite – Volume II Mix Tape (Director: Lucas Hrubizna) Moses Sumney – Blackalachia FKA twigs – Caprisongs Dream Diver – Dream Diver Lykke Li – EYEYE Little Simz – "I Love You, I Hate You"

Individual and Company Categories

Best Director	Best New Director
Tanu Muino Aidan Zamiri Arnaud Bresson Duncan Loudon Henry Scholfield Valentin Petit	STILLZ Bleu Desert C Prinz Ebeneza Blanche Edem Wornoo Giada Bossi
Best Director of Photography	Best Producer
Christopher Ripley Harry Wheeler Jaime Ackroyd Jake Gabbay Nikita Kuzmenko Patrick Golan	Jules de Chateleux Aaron Z Willson Alex Chamberlain Elizabeth Doonan Fred Bonham Carter Mayling Wong
Best Production Company	Best Commissioner
DIVISION COMPULSORY Iconoclast Object & Animal SMUGGLER UnderWonder Content	John Moule Connie Meade Kim Jarrett Louis Danckwerts Michael Lewin Scott Wright
Best Agent	Outstanding Achievement Award
Alexa Haywood, FreeAgent André Reid-McKinley, Somesuch Carrie Sutton Claire Stubbs & Connie Meade, Mouthpiece Joceline Gabriel & Sarah Boardman, HANDS Sam Davey & Polly Millner, OB Management	Dan Curwin

References

1. "UK Music Video Awards 2022: final day to enter the UKMVAs - including Best Live Video and Best Special Video Project". Promonews. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
2. "UK Music Video Awards 2022: all the nominations for this year's UKMVAs". Promonews. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
3. "UK Music Video Awards 2022 winners announced". Shots. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

• Official website